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will speedily establish themselves, if allowed 

 to scatter their seeds ; or they may be kept in 

 pots among alpine plants, and increased by 

 cuttings. Synonymes • 1, L. lalifblium ; 2, 

 AncMsa tinctdria; 3, Bdtschia conspicua, L. 

 consplcuum. See Arnhoia, Bdtschia, and Pul- 

 mpnaria. 



canescens 3 . Yel. . 5, H. Her. P. 2 N. Amer. 1848 

 dispermum . Blue . 6, H. A. £ Siberia . 1789 



dtstichum . . Yl.wht. 5, H. Her. P. 1£ Cuba. . 1806 

 fruticSsum . Blue . 5, H. Do. S. 2 S. Bur. . 16S3 

 gnrmmifdlium Blue . 5, H. Ev. S. 8 Italy . 1825 

 lineatum . . Purp. . 7, H. B. 1 Greece . 1828 



officinale . . TeL . 6, H. Her. P. 2 Brit, cha. his. 

 Iatif61ium 1 . Tel. . 6, H. Her. P. 2 N. Amer. 1825 

 orientMe . : Tol. . 6, H. Her. P. 2 Levant . 1713 

 prostratum . Blue . 6, H. Ev. Tr. 1 France . 1825 



P S?m CC ^' 1 " f Purp - ■ 5 > H - Her ' P - * Bug., cha. Ms- 

 'Snf'" } Blu ° -9.H.EV. S. 14 Italy . 1833 

 scabrum . . White . 9, G. Her. P. 1£ C. G. H. 1822 

 strigdsmn . . Blue . 7, H. Her. P. 1 Tauria . 1820 

 tenulfldrum . Blue . 5, H. A. ■ £ Egypt . 1796 



tinctdrium 2 . Bluo . 7, H. Her. P. 1£ S. Eur. . 1596 

 villdsum . . Blue . 7, H. Her. P. 1 B.France .1817 

 dpulum, arvinse. 



LlTHREA, Hooker, See Rhus. 



Litmus. See Roccilla tinctdria and fusifCrmis. 



Litobr6chia, Presl. and J. Smith. Linn. 24, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Polypodiacece. Synonymes : 1, 

 Pteris aiirila ; 2, LoncMtis hirsitta ; 3, Pteris 

 intermedia; 4, P. spUndens. 

 aorita 1 . . Brn.yel. 7, S. Her. P. 1 I. of Luzon 

 davallioldes . Yellow . 5, S. Her. P. 1 

 decurrens . Brn.yel. 5, S. Her. P. 1 Brazil 

 Hsenkseana . Brn.yel. 0, S. Her. P. 1 

 hirsuta 2 . . Brown . 6, 8. Her. P. 1 W. Indies . 1793 

 intermediaS. Brn.yel. 6, S. Her. P. ] I. of Luzon 

 macr6ptera . Brn.yel. 6, S. Her. P. 1 W. Indies, 

 ndbilis . . Bm.yel. 7, S. Her. P. 1 Rio Janiero 

 podophylla . Brn.yel. 6, S. Her. P. 1 W. Indies, 

 pollta . . . Brn.yel. 5, S. Her. P. 1 Brazil . . 

 splendens 4 . Brn.yel. 6, S. Her. P. 1 W. Indies. 



LITT.&A, Brignoli. In honour of the Duke of 

 Lytta, near Milan, a patron of botany. Linn. 

 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Amaryllidacece. This is a 

 handsome plant, and was long confounded 

 with Bonapdrtea juncea, but is now found to 

 be a totally different plant. It grows well in 

 sandy loam, and is increased by suckers. 

 Synonyme : 1, Agive geminiflora. 

 geminifl&ra 1 . Green 7, G. Ev. P. 12 America . 1810 



LlTTORELLA, Linn. From littus, the shore ; in 

 allusion to its place of growth. Linn. 21, Or. 

 i, Nat. Or. Plantagindcece. A pretty little 

 sub-aquatic, with neat white flowers, and long 

 tremulous stamens ; it is increased by seeds, 

 lacustris . . White 7, H. Aq. P. J Brit., sa. pas. 



LfTSEA. See Tetranthera. 



Live-grass. See Sragrdstis. 



Live-oak. See Que"rcus xirens. 



Livist6nia, R. Brown. In honour of Patrick 

 Murray, of Livistone, near Edinburgh. Linn. 

 6, Or. . 3, Nat. Or. Palmaccce. This is a 

 splendid genus of palms ; they require to be 

 grown in a sandy loam, and a strong heat, 

 hiimilis . . Straw . . 5, S. Palm. 4 N. Hoi. . 1824 

 inermis . . Straw . 5, S. Palm. 10 K Hoi. . 1824 



Lizard's-ta'il. See Saururus. 

 Lizard's-tongue. See Saurogldssum. 

 Lloydia, Sal. Named in honour of Mr. Lloyd, 



an English botanist. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 



Lili&cece. Synonyme : Omithdgalum striatum. 



A hardy bulbous plant, merely requiring to be 



planted in a dry situation in the open borders, 



and treated like the hardy species of OrnitM- 



galum. 



striata . . Wat. striped 5, H. B. P. Siberia . 1789 



Loaf sugar is refined sugar as procured from 

 the sugar-cane, beet-root, parsnip, maple, 

 birch, grape, and many other plants, but the 

 cane supplies the most aud of a better qua- 

 lity than any of the other kinds. 



Loasa, Linn. The meaning is unknown. Linn. 

 18, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Loasacece. This is a genus 

 of plants highly interesting from the beauty 

 of their curiously formed flowers. They would 

 all be invaluable in collections were it not for 

 the powerful stinging property of some, of the 

 species, as L. Placei: on that account it is 

 necessary to be very careful in touching them. 

 Any common loamy soil suits them, and they 

 are easily increased by seeds. Synonymes: 1, 

 ambrosioefdlia ; 2, tricolor; 3, acdnthifblia. See 

 Blwmerib&chia, Scyphdnthus, Caiopliora. 

 alba . . White . 7, H. A. 1 Chile . 1831 

 auranttaca . Yel. . 6, G. Ev. Tr. 6 

 blcolor . . Wtyl. 6, H. A. 2 C. Amer. . 1S51 

 grandifl6ra . Yel. . 7, G. A. ' 2 Peru . . 1825 



Herbertii . Scarlet. 7, G. De. CI. 6 Hybrid. . 1842 

 hfspida 1. . Yel. . 7, G. Tr. A. 2 Lima . . 1S30 

 incana . White 10, G. Ev. Tr. 2 Peru . . 1820 

 lateritia . . Bed . 5, F. CI. B. 12 Tucuman. 1835 

 lucida . . White 6, G. Ev. Tw. 6 

 nltida 2 . . Yel. 7, H. A. 2 Chile . . 1822 

 patula . , Yel. . 7, H. A. 1 Chile . . 1827 

 Pentlfindi . Orng. 8, H. B. 6 Peru . . 1840 

 picta . . Wt.yl. 0, H. A' 2 Andes . . 1847 

 Placei 8 : . Yel. . 7, H. A. i Chile . . 1822 

 vombilis . . Yel. . 6, O. A. 2 Chile . . 1824 



Loasacece or Loasads. An order of annual 

 and herbaceous plants with climbing habits, 

 and covered with pungent hairs which secrete 

 an acrid juice which stings like a nettle. Some 

 are very handsome climbers, and well deserve 

 cultivating. 



LOBADIUM, Raf. See Rhus. 



Lobate, lobed, divided into a number of seg- 

 ments. 



Lobately-crenated, having deep crenatures, 

 or indentations. 



Lobe, a division. 



Lobeliackss or Lobeliads. An extensive 

 order containing plants of considerable beauty, 

 but all more or less poisonous, nevertheless 

 some of the species are used medicinally. 



Lobelia, Linn. In honour of Matthew Lobel, 

 author of various botanical works ; he was a 

 native of Lille, became physician and botanist 

 to James I., and died in London in 1616. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Looeliacem. This is 

 an extremely interesting genus of plants, on 

 account of the beauty of the blossoms. The 

 greenhouse and stove shrubby and herbaceous 

 kinds grow well in a mixture of peat and 

 sand ; the shrubby kinds are readily increased 

 by cuttings in the same kind of soil, and the 

 herbaceous species by dividing, and by seeds. 

 The hardy herbaceous kinds do well in a light 

 rich earth, or peat soil ; but in winter most of 



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